"Spices? I gave you that order?" The chill around Chu Qing grew even more intense.
Gerile's expression also turned even more fierce. She continued, "Early this morning, someone came to deliver spices to me. They said... they were from you. I didn't think much and took them. Later, I got a bit on my hand. The smell was quite nice, so I lit some. Not long after, you came. Could someone be... trying to harm me and then frame you?"
Although Gerile had never experienced such a thing before, she had heard of it to some extent. The women of the noble families in the Central Plains were most fond of doing such disgusting things.
Seeing Gerile seriously analyzing the situation, Chu Qing could naturally sense from her tone that she didn't suspect her.
"Come with me to find the Prince of Ning." After saying that, Chu Qing continued to hold Gerile's hand and head towards her own tent.
Gerile was a bit dazed looking at the hand that was being held.
Normally, she hated being touched by others.
But... the hand of the Princess of Ning was very soft, and... it was slippery...
She didn't seem to mind...
In a daze, she was led to the outside of Chu Qing's tent. Chu Qing walked in first.
At this moment, Wei Ying was lowering his head and writing something.
Seeing this, Chu Qing stepped forward, grabbed his hand, and said word by word, "Zizhan, I think I've been poisoned."
As expected, Wei Ying's face instantly changed. Without saying a word, he directly picked Chu Qing up around the waist and rushed out of the tent.
Fortunately, there was no shortage of capable doctors in the Black Cloud Army.
And Gerile, who was standing outside the tent waiting blankly, hadn't even had time to react when she saw a dark shadow rush out. Then, it quickly disappeared from sight.
Was she seeing things just now?
If she wasn't mistaken, that anxious figure just now should... be the Prince of Ning and the others.
So...
What was the situation now...
Was she left here???
Wasn't she the victim???
Ah!!!
So angry!!!
Just as Gerile was about to go back angrily, a soldier from the Black Cloud Army came to invite her to go there as well.
Only then did her anger subside.
This Princess of Ning wasn't too bad. She still remembered this poor soul!
On the other hand, Chu Qing, who was being held in his arms, felt all warm inside. She rubbed against Wei Ying's clothes and whispered, "Don't worry too much. I discovered it in time. I should be fine."
"No. We must find a doctor to check you carefully." Wei Ying's expression still didn't relax.
Seeing how worried he was, Chu Qing suddenly said in a strange tone, "Zizhan, aren't you this... anxious because you're afraid something might happen to the baby in my belly?"
Wei Ying frowned, lowered his head to look at Chu Qing, who had suddenly become awkward, and reached out to pinch her cheek. Because he used a bit of strength, Chu Qing cried out in pain.
"You brat, you're at it again."
"You little girl, can you stop thinking about all those random things all day long? Let me tell you the truth, Qingqing. I'm very happy about this baby. If something unexpected happens, I'll be sad too. But all of this is based on the premise that you're safe and sound. If one day there's a situation of choosing between the mother and the child, I'll definitely choose the mother without hesitation. Because if the baby is gone, we can have another one. But you, Chu Qing, there's only one of you."
The hand that Chu Qing wanted to pinch back slowly dropped.
At first, she blushed and her heart almost stopped when Wei Ying called her "little girl".
Then came the rest of his words.
Although she didn't really care about this issue.
But after Wei Ying said it, Chu Qing felt as if a ray of light had suddenly shone into a dark corner of her heart.
In her previous life, she had encountered a similar situation.
When she gave birth to that ungrateful son, she had a difficult labor. Although she was in a daze from the ordeal, when she heard that sentence, she instantly woke up.
"I want my imperial prince to be born safely! This is my first son! No matter what it takes! Even if I have to sacrifice this empress, the prince must be saved."
Humph, was she, the empress, someone that could be discarded at will?
Therefore, at that time, Chu Qing could be said to have snatched her life back by herself.
After that, the child was born safely, and she also survived. She lived to become the Grand Empress Dowager.
Of course, she was heart - broken, but she didn't have many other emotions. After all... there was never any real affection.
But in this life, she had met Wei Ying.
Although the situation was a bit different...
But she believed in him. She believed that he wasn't just saying it.
At this moment, she wanted to cry, but she held it back in the end.
This was supposed to be a happy thing...
After the military doctor of the Black Cloud Army felt Chu Qing's pulse and then that of Gerile, who had arrived later with a complicated expression, the doctor finally said with a solemn face:
"It's the secret poison from the Xiliang palace. This poison is harmful to ordinary people, but not very much. However, for pregnant women, it can take the life of the fetus in the belly. Fortunately, the princess reacted in time. If it had been a bit later, I'm afraid..."
"Are you saying that this poison is targeted at pregnant women?"
"Yes, you can say so."
Chu Qing's hand holding the corner of Wei Ying's clothes tightened slightly.
So, after all this trouble, the other person was only targeting her?
Humph, the secret poison from the Xiliang palace.
She already knew who it was!
...
Xu Xin was already on the way back to Aqitu with Alana.
Thinking about what she had done before leaving, her eyes were full of maliciousness and cruelty.
When she learned that Alana was going to take her away, her mood was complicated.
She was naturally very happy to have defeated Gerile, that vulgar woman. But towards Chu Qing, she seemed to have not had time to do anything.
This made her a bit unwilling.
Until she heard those people talking about how the Princess of Ning had recently lost her appetite, saying something about the fetus in her belly being bigger.
The fetus in her belly...
That bitch Chu Qing was actually pregnant with the Prince of Ning's child!!!
She was actually pregnant!!!
She had even thought that Chu Qing had just gained some weight recently from eating too much. She was so stupid that she didn't even think in this direction!
Anger, jealousy, and resentment rushed over her, and she couldn't come back to her senses for a long time!
Until a little maid who served her was helping her pack things, and a package fell out of her bag.
It was one of the things that Huyan Longhao had given her before.
It could make a woman miscarry without anyone noticing.
It was really the heavens helping her!
After calming down, Xu Xin realized that she couldn't deliver this thing directly to Chu Qing.
Since that was the case, she could only start with the people around her.
Seeing that the bitch seemed to be on good terms with Gerile...
And Gerile was a careless person.
So, before leaving, she bribed someone to deliver this thing to Gerile.
Seeing Gerile so heart - broken, Chu Qing would surely go to console her hypocritically.
In less than half an hour...
She would surely miscarry!
Humph!!!
Thinking of this, Xu Xin couldn't help but laugh out loud.
"What are you thinking about so happily, Xin'er?"
Only then did Xu Xin realize that Alana was still by her side.
So Xu Xin continued to smile, looking shy, and said,
"Of course, I'm thinking about the wonderful future with you, my lord. Xin'er can't help but be happy～"
Indeed, a wonderful future was waiting for her!
She had also secretly poisoned the person she had bribed.
By then, there would be no witnesses.
She didn't believe that Chu Qing could come and settle accounts with her for no reason.